2.32 Chairperson Search

PolicyThe Administration of the School of Medicine shall provide a procedure for faculty to follow when appointed to a Search Committee for a new department chairperson.

PurposeTo establish guidelines for department chairperson searches.

ProcedureA. The following procedure outlines the search process:

The Dean appoints the Search Committee, after consultation with the Faculty Affairs Committee, and designates a committee chairperson.

The Dean meets with the Search Committee, provides a specific written charge and describes overall search procedure.

All search activities must meet the requirements set forth in the University policy and procedure on selection and appointment of full-time faculty positions.

The Search Committee Chairperson prepares advertisement for position and recommends appropriate professional journals for publication.

The informational document Table of Contents is forwarded to present (or Acting) chairperson and business manager to prepare the departmental database for serious chairperson candidates on second visit. (Appendices A and B)

The Committee reviews applications and prepares short list for interviews. First visits are one day in duration.

The Chairperson of the Committee makes contacts with each applicant and arranges for interviews and sets interview schedule, working with the Office of the Dean.

Serious chairperson candidates will, on their third visit, be scheduled to meet with members of the Dean's staff in a round table format.

By the first day of each month the Search Committee Chairperson sends the Dean a written progress report.

The Committee evaluates each candidate and makes recommendation(s) to the Dean, who recommends final candidates to the Vice President for Academic Affairs.

The Vice President for Academic Affairs interviews final candidates. (The President interviews chairman candidates for Internal Medicine, Surgery and Pediatrics.) Final approval for appointment is given by the Vice President for Academic Affairs after consultation with the President.